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14. Feb. 2023 · Nathan Harrison was San Diego County’s first black homesteader and a local legend. Harrison was born enslaved in Kentucky in circa 1833. As a young man, he traveled west with his enslaver during the early years of the Gold Rush.
Nathan Harrison, who was born into slavery in Kentucky and went on to become the first African American homesteader in the San Diego area, appears in a photograph taken on Palomar Mountain...
Harrison, who had successfully endured the horrors of slavery and the Gold Rush, was skilled at surviving. He kept ties to the indigenous community hidden, put strangers at ease with his gracious and non-threatening demeanor, and concealed any aspect of his life that might appear too progressive, like self-armament or literacy. He owned a rifle ...
Nate Harrison, San Diego County’s first permanent African-American, is a local legend whose popular biography brims with enticing exaggerations and far-fetched fabrications.
18. März 2021 · Few people in the history of the United States embody ideals of the American Dream more than Nathan Harrison (1833-1920). His is a story with prominent themes of overcoming staggering obstacles, forging something- from-nothing, and evincing gritty perseverance.
In a lifetime of hard-won progress, Harrison survived the horrors of slavery in the Antebellum South, endured the mania of the California Gold Rush, and prospered in the rugged chaos of the Wild West. From the introduction:
23. März 2022 · Nathan Harrison was an African American man who not only endured and persevered in some of the most arduous conditions for nonwhites in United States history, but was also widely accepted and celebrated by his contemporaries during his life.
